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This page lists recordings of Wikipedia articles being read aloud, and the year each recording was made. Articles under each subject heading are listed alphabetically (by surname for people). For help playing Ogg audio, see Help:Media. To request an article to be spoken, see Category:Spoken Wikipedia requests.
Some may find it easier to concentrate on an article while listening to it, especially in an environment with distracting sounds (with the use of headphones). In performing the articles aloud, readers can catch inconsistencies, redundancies, and awkward phrases not noticed by other editors, thus improving the written version of Wikipedia.
Currently, there are no formal guidelines on Wikipedia on how to read an article aloud, and this could lead to a great deal of inconsistency and mistakes. Therefore, some guidelines are being collaborated below. These rules are a guideline only. If the rules prevent you from improving or producing a recording, ignore them.
There are many spoken articles that no longer bear even the slightest resemblance to the current text version. I think those articles (eg dinosaur) should be indicated in the list. Serendi pod ous 20:12, 23 August 2010 (UTC) Goog idea. It may be the number as superscript which indicates number of years passed after the recording.
The name of the article edited is displayed in the center of the circle. Clicking on the text opens a Wikipedia page in a new tab in the user's browser, showing the revision. A blue bar at the top of the screen will appear whenever a new Wikipedia user is registered, listing their username.
Each entry on this list should be an article on its own (not merely a section in a less unusual article) and of decent quality, and in large meeting Wikipedia's manual of style. For unusual contributions that are of greater levity, see Wikipedia:Silly Things. In this list, a star indicates a featured article. A plus indicates a good article.
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Instances of people submitting fake or nonsense scholarly articles to expose an academic journal as a predatory publisher. List of sexually active popes: A surprisingly long list for a supposedly celibate role. List of shoe-throwing incidents: The recurring trend of high-ranking people being attacked with shoes. List of wrong anthems incidents